Mary Wells Lawrence, Ad Legend

Mary Wells Lawrence, 92, is about to be named the new "Lion of St. Mark" by Cannes International Festival of Creativity. She will be honored through the LIONS Live platform on Friday 26 June. Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, founders of Goodby Silverstein &...

Howard Luck Gossage, Ad Legend

Howard Luck Gossage is a cult figure. He is considered by some of today's practitioners, myself included, as one of the greatest creatives of all time. He converted an old firehouse in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco and began to “hold court” therein....

I’m A Guest on Chiat\Day\NY’s Disruptor Series Podcast

I’m A Guest on Chiat\Day\NY’s Disruptor Series Podcast

David Burn is Disrupting The Ad Trades The iTunes preview: David Burn is the founder of Adpulp -- an advertising publication with a difference: it’s for practitioners, by practitioners. For 15 years, Adpulp has been providing news and perspective from the trenches....

Leo Burnett, Ad Legend

Leo Burnett studied journalism at the University of Michigan. His dream was to become the publisher of The New York Times. He graduated in 1914 and his first job was in Peoria, IL, where he worked as a newspaper reporter on the crime beat. Burnett soon thereafter...